He took a moment to speak, realizing that he was just a random person to her. "My name is Artemis, I was sent by your brother Shimada to rescue you." Artemis says with a calm tone in his voice.
I'm sure it doesn't look good when all those guys are dead and I'm just here releasing her all of a sudden. She probably thought I was some guy who wants to take advantage of her status or something.
A lot of things can be gained from saving a princess or at least that's usually how it goes in most tales. But I'm doing this for information about the followers that we're hunting down.
I'll have to explain that to Amelia sooner or later since she doesn't really know the entire goal of what I'm doing. I think she knows that we have to stop them somehow or maybe I'm just giving her the benefit of the doubt.
"Artemis. Artemis." She says quietly to herself.
Step. Step. Someone could be heard walking from behind him, a bit distant but it was quite loud.
"Ayako you should hide somewhere, I'll make sure to get you out of here safely." Artemis assures her before drawing his sword once again.
She doesn't hesitate with hiding since she doesn't want to be captured like this again. Even if she doesn't trust him yet, this would be the smartest option till everything is handled.
That's when someone wearing full robes enters the room with a metal mask covering their face, slits down the mask with just enough space to reveal dark red eyes glaring at him. A staff in their hand, they appeared to have the same insignia on their chest as well.
"So my meeting is disrupted after all, how interesting this is. You killed these men and now the princess is gone?" The voice appears to be feminine, a woman speaks.
"Yeah I did, and she's gone." Artemis responds with a serious look in his eyes.
I don't know what this person is capable of just yet but I know that this won't be good if she chooses to attack. I'm not sure if the girl will help me with this opponent or not, especially after the last fight.
She didn't tell me much about if there's a delay or something, so this will definitely be quite interesting to deal with.
The woman snickers before a light begins to emit from her staff. "This won't be much of a fight I'm afraid, you seem to be more of a physical fighter— Sad to say that I've got this easily." She speaks with a bit of a cocky tone.
Swoosh!! Within an instant a blast of bright blue light comes from the staff and flies directly towards Artemis. Boom!!
I don't know how much longer I could hold back against this damn attack, the blast is pushing me further and further back. My sword is starting to shake as I continue to block against it too.
Shit, shit, shit! "Grahhh!!!" Artemis begins to shout before losing his grip.
Clang!!! His sword falls to the floor and the blast hits him directly. Crash!!!! The force sends him into the wall with no problem as he feels the pain radiating throughout his body.
Blood begins to drip from his nose and his mouth as he falls onto the floor. "Cough. Cough. Damn..." Artemis coughs before letting out his comment.
I haven't experienced much magic damage since I woke up in this world but I knew it was bound to happen sooner than later. Will this be another death for me to come back from...?
My whole body feels like it's starting to go numb, my vision is getting blurry, maybe it's the end after all.
"Here I thought you might be a bit stronger with everything you did here today." She speaks with a bit of disappointment in her voice.
Slam! He slams his fist down onto the ground before he begins to stand up once again. Forcing himself to do something he knew was dumb to do in the first place.
I don't want to die, it's not a pleasant experience whatsoever. I'll get stronger with each fight so that way I'll never have to resort to such a power.
Even if I asked for it, not everyone wants to experience death over and over again. I just don't want to leave this world behind like I did my previous one.
An excruciating amount of pain starts to jolt throughout his body as he falls back down to one knee. Letting out screams of agony as his right eye gets engulfed by the dark mist once again.
"Oh, how intriguing." She says with a smile on her face.
The wounds inflicted from the magic immediately heal as the pain continues on, but he can feel something strange within himself. "You will have the power to do this on your own one day." A soft spoken voice says to him.
Damnit... He finally stands back up as the pain starts to subside, realizing that he can see a difference in perspective now. All the shadows within the room stood out like nothing before.
The woman's magic aura radiating off of her became crystal clear as he stared directly at her. He picked up his sword once again and charged in.
I won't lose to some woman with strong magic, especially one that works with the followers of the damn death goddess. This will be my opportunity to learn more about them.
"I'll beat you here and then you'll tell me everything I want to know!" Artemis shouts as he brings his sword down towards her.
She didn't get a chance to use her magic this time as his speed suddenly picked up way more than she expected it to— but she just barely manages to step back a bit as it cuts through some of her robes.
He just barely manages to cut a bit of her skin as she steps back—No hesitation to go back in for another attack.